Lol dem colonies man |
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Really? Apparently this has been going on for some time, but I had no idea. How does this work, exactly? I mean, who does the rain belong to, to tell anyone that it's illegal to collect what falls on your property? I understand that water might be an extremely valuable resource during a drought, but still....it's rain. |
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Last edited by Oneironaut Zero; 12-31-2011 at 07:31 AM.
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Lol dem colonies man |
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What the... that's just ridiculous. Why? Stupid government. It's so funny I almost enjoy the fact that it's a law, because the stupid people who came up with it can be laughed at. |
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I don't know about the US, but it's been law in the UK since at least the 1970s. Never known it to be enforced for a water barrel, though. If you build a property in the UK with its own natural water supply you're still liable to pay water rates. |
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Man, the UK and US sucks. |
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Just because a law passed doesn't mean its lawful. The true test is if it can stand up in court, and this obviously wouldn't. It is unconstitutional, and no jury would ever convict someone for collecting rain water. |
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Do you think river water should be free for all also? |
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Yes...? |
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Last edited by Omnis Dei; 12-31-2011 at 03:29 PM.
Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
They can't enforce it. My aunt has a house high up in the Colorado rockies, there are no pipes out there, so when she's there they use collected rainwater. The only way to enforce it would be to check, and in order to check, they would have to trespass. The act of cop trespassing voids any evidence that they can gather by doing such (well it's supposed to anyway.) |
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Last edited by Xei; 12-31-2011 at 03:35 PM.
Not really, but CO2 and H2O are both materials that we gather from the atmosphere, generally for the same purposes. Our gardens get water and carbondioxide for the plants. Why is that okay, and gathering it in a barrel is not? That's what I don't understand. The difference between a plant containing water and a barrel containing water is subtle at best. |
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No. if you own a piece of land with a river on it, according to purely lassiez faire rules (and not actual legislation) you can do whatever you want to the water while it's passing through your property but before it flows in or after it flows out, you can't act upon it. |
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Last edited by Omnis Dei; 12-31-2011 at 03:42 PM.
Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
I think that's the most posts you've ever managed to make before going off on an insulting tangent, well done! |
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I didn't say we can't collect CO2... there's no problem, it isn't scarce. |
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I'm giving you a logical account for how I would arrive at my viewpoint. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
I think we should all just love eachother and take only the water we need, and share our excesses and stop being so mean. |
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This just in....breathing the air outside is illegal! |
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